Leadership

Kelvin Manda is an accomplished finance and accounting professional with over 16 years of progressive and extensive experience in both commercial banking and microfinance sectors.

Kelvin is a Certified Chartered Accountant and holder of ACCA and BSc in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University. He is a Fellow member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) and the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA). He has worked for Barclays Bank Zambia (now ABSA) in various roles for 9 years which includes Finance, Management Assurance and Internal Control. Prior to joining FINCA, Kelvin held a position of CFO and Head – Internal Audit at Express Credit and United Bank for Africa (UBA) respectively.

Freddie Kandiwo is a commercial banking and microfinance expert with over 25 years work experience in Trade Finance, Operations management, Capacity Utilization Management, Business development, and Credit Management. Prior to joining FINCA, he held various roles in Barclays Bank Zambia Plc (Now ABSA), Barclays Bank Kenya (now ABSA), Investrust Bank Zambia, Madison Finance Company.

Freddie holds a BSC in Financial Services from the University of Manchester (UK), is an Associate of the London Institute of Banking and Finance and has also attended Business Simulation Training with Active Operations Management (UK).

Branden Siazyondo is a Risk Management expert with over 10 years of progressive experience in Risk Management, Compliance, Internal Audit, Fraud Risk Management, Forensic and Investigative Audit in the Financial Services Industry.

Branden holds a Master of Science in Risk Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Banking and Finance. He also has the following certifications; Fraud Risk Management, Certified Forensic and Investigative Audit Professional, and Certified Enterprise risk management. He is an associate of the Institute of Risk Management Zambia and the Institute of Internal Auditors Zambia.

Chana is a Communication and Branding expert with over 20 years’ experience in corporate communications in the banking, aviation, marketing and advertising sectors. She is an ambitious, confident and well-presented strategic thinker & negotiator with the poise and etiquette to deal effectively with stakeholders across the business spectrum. She has held various senior positions in multinational organization, which includes Managing Director-Ogilvy (Zambia and Tanzania), Corporate Communication Consultant – Cavmont Bank Limited (Zambia), Head of Customer Service and Brand Management-ZANACO (Zambia), Country Manager-British Airways (Zambia) and Communications Manager Barclays Bank Zambia Plc.

Chana holds an MBA in Global Executive Programme and a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communications.

Lameck Zimba has vast experience in the financial sector, having worked for the central bank (the Bank of Zambia) for about thirty (30) years where he gained invaluable experience in supervising both commercial banks and non-bank financial institutions in his capacity as the Director of the Bank Supervision. Lameck has an Associateship Certificate from the Chartered Institute of Bankers at City Banking College in the UK and a Bachelor of Accountancy Degree from the University of Zambia.